Whitehall 18th March 1777.
Sir,
About Sixty Tons of Hospital Stores being prepared for the Use of the Troops at Rhode Island; I am directed by Lord George Germain to desire you will move the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to give Orders for their Conveyance, either onboard of an Armed Transport that sails with Convoy directly to Rhode Island, or, if there be no such direct Conveyance, onboard of one that sails with Convoy to New York. I am &c
Willm Knox
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 5 / 126, Part 2, 295.
